The only person routinely described in Washington culture as a maverick not afraid to say it like it is was the highly cautious, conformist John McCain
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High office in D.C. is like academic tenure—designed to carefully weed out those qualities in applicants that it notionally celebrates. So the IC is full of Mormons and naive Eagle scouts rather than anyone who understand the fragility of the rulebook they play by
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Watching Trump destroy the prestige, culture, and stature of the three-letter agencies is one of the only redeeming aspects of his presidency, though of course no fun for the people involved. But ultimately good for the country, if we survive it.
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They do, though, leave it unspecified in which direction the gun is generally pointing, which would be of more than minimal help to making an overall evaluation.
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Well, sure -- they eject everyone else long before then.
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